I talked to my brother in law last evening about the issue. He is a licenced mechanic and has been for maybe 15 years. He says that ABS problems are fairly common, especially on GM products. He says that a bit of rust or a wheel bearing that is a bit loose can trick the ABS into thinking that the vehicle is sliding and result in the computer kicking in the pump which leaves you with a rock hard pedeal and no brakes. All it requires is for the air gap on the sensor to be too big. He says Chevy pickups commonly have the problem. You can be pulling into your garage, hit the brakes, and darned near run into the back wall because it suddenly feels like no brakes. He has less experience with Toyota and therefore cannot say that the design is similar and that they might have similar issues. He suggests looking into the issues carefully if we get the car back to try and avoid a repeat performance.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R A Bennell Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 5:19 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? I did wonder about that as well but she did not mention any chattering or other indication of ABS malfunction. I suppose it could be related. I wonder how one tests for something like that? Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? Randy, Mis-behaving ABS? My family has had some adventures with ABS weirdness., like sliding out into an intersection at low speed with rock-hard brakes = ripple-y road surface confused ABS. Fred Moir Lynn MA At 02:32 PM 9/8/2008, you wrote: >She wouldn't have been going all that fast. She was in a parking lot >and just arcing into a spot against the >building. > >The pedal did not go to the floor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
